Tell BC Parks we say no to degrading Chapman Lake!

BC PARKS OPEN HOUSE - THURSDAY MAY 24thAs part of BC Parks consultation process, they are hosting another Open House to get input from our community on either revoking the Tetrahedron Provincial Park's Class A status, or removing Chapman and Edwards Lake from the Park in order to build the Chapman Water Expansion Project.

30 days to send your message to BC Parks

BC Parks has initiated a 30 day consultation period to bring our community's input on the future of the Tetrahedron Park and our Watershed to Minister George Heyman.

Over 175 community members overflowed out the doors of the Seaside Centre to participate in the first open house on Wednesday, May 2nd, despite the inadequate and short notice. They are planning on hosting another open house in the last week of May - stay tuned for details or check their BC Parks website.

URGENT MESSAGE: Save Tetrahedron Park!

BC Parks Open House Wednesday May 2nd, 5-7pm at Seaside Center, seeks input on either revoking the Tetrahedron Provincial Park’s Class A status or removing Chapman and Edwards Lake from the Park in order to build the Chapman Water Expansion Project.

The Chapman Water Expansion Project would degrade our most important potable water source. Tetrahedron Park was explicitly created to protect this source for the benefit all Sunshine Coast communities.

Please help us send a powerful message to BC Parks and the Provincial Government that neither option they have presented is acceptable. The timing of this open house is deliberately short notice, don’t let them stop you from responding! See you at the Seaside Center in Sechelt on Wednesday.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 2nd

5 - 7 pm at the SEASIDE CENTRE5790 Teredo Street, Sechelt

Although SCRD Directors representing approximately 1/3 of Chapman system users continue to push the unsustainable Chapman Water Expansion Project (CWEP) forward, SCRD Directors representing approximately 2/3 of Chapman supply users strongly support wiser, more sustainable options for long-term solutions.

If the SCRD goes ahead with the CWEP, it would be wasting $5 million on a temporary measure! This money would be much better spent on long-term conservation measures, infrastructure upgrades and aquifer development.

The SCCA is totally opposed to removing the Park’s Class A status or removal of land from the Tetrahedron. We fully support developing viable water source and storage alternatives outside our Class A Park. We are committed to protecting drinking water source areas and working with the SCRD, as we have done for 30 years, in support of sustainable watershed solutions, such as those proposed by the new SCRD Chair Bruce Milne.

We have strong political leadership, community and NGO support and actions already being taken to develop viable alternatives which will ensure a diverse and sustainable water supply on the Sunshine Coast.

Please attend this Open House and the let the BC Government know, there is no justification for compromising our source area in Tetrahedron Provincial Park.

Enjoy an afternoon of FREE family fun featuring ocean-themed activities and games on the downtown Sechelt waterfront. Pick up your Oceans Day Passport at our info booth, and gain stamps at each activity for your chance to win prizes!

Here's some of what we have in store for you:

OPENING CEREMONIES: 12 pm

Live Music with the Knotty Dotters Marimba Band: 12:30 - 1 pm

Chalk-It-Up on the Wharf: 12 - 4 pmKids - pick up your chalk art kit and decorate the wharf with a collaborative ocean ecosystem mural! Pose for a picture with your completed masterpiece for a chance to win prizes, and be featured in our Oceans Day picture gallery.

Sechelt by the Seashore Scavenger Hunt: 12 - 4 pmGet a team of friends or family together, and enter the scavenger hunt contest at our Oceans Day booth! Figure out the riddles to work your way through our fun and fantastic mystery tour of sea-related art, artifacts and features of Sechelt. The more riddles you solve, the more stamps you get in your Oceans Day Passport for better chances to win prizes!

Beach Seine: 1:30 pmJoin Fisheries and Oceans Canada Community Advisor Dave Davies to use a seine net to look for young salmon who are migrating now from the rivers to the ocean!

Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup - 2 - 3 pmNew this year: two locations to choose from!

Sechelt waterfront: Be a part of our third annual shoreline cleanup! Some gloves, picker-up'ers, garbage bags and buckets provided. Register online today, or just drop by!

SUP-Supported Porpoise Bay Cleanup: Join Halfmoon Sea Kayaks to try out a Stand-Up Paddleboard AND do your part to clean the beach at the same time!Register here, or contact halfmoonseakayaks@gmail.com, or 604.885.2948 to join in.

And tons of great activities presented by local and regional environmental NGOs and businesses like: